Browse Forums General Discussion Re: How do i deal with this builder? 8Dec 11, 2015 1:07 pm Is it not in your contract that he needs to pay you a certain amount per day that the build runs over the period indicated? I think from memory the standard Master Builders contract clause says $50 per day unless you nominate and agree on a different figure. Re: How do i deal with this builder? 10Dec 14, 2015 8:28 am George07 Before starting work you have to sign a paper for the time period. Have you paid all money? If not yet then hire new contractor for rest work. didnt' sign any paper for the variations. Only for the actual house build. But both variation and the house is taking a while. Paid all the variations in full before work commence So far only about 10k remaining I have not paid him. Had to keep on feeding him money otherwise he can't continue to finish his work. Re: How do i deal with this builder? 11Dec 14, 2015 8:30 am Bjhf Is it not in your contract that he needs to pay you a certain amount per day that the build runs over the period indicated? I think from memory the standard Master Builders contract clause says $50 per day unless you nominate and agree on a different figure. yes. not $50 though. Only agreed on $15 per day. But when we were 3 months behind schedule, he came up with some BS about weather and material that I supply was late and it adds up to 3 months already. To me that's just full of BS. at $15 a day, prob he is not too worried I guess. I am not too worried about the figure, just hope he can finish the work and get out of my life. Re: How do i deal with this builder? 12Dec 14, 2015 8:35 am If you post the builders name here it will probably come up in google searches if you wanted to warn others in the future. As long as you don't defame and tell the truth would be ok Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20188 Anthony Firstly, wow you have put a lot of work into your list of questions! Great job and they are mostly valid questions that a builder should be able to answer. As… 14 10673 |